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Well Facebook brings in about $50/year per user in revenue. If the alternative is to pay $50/year to keep the ads and tracking off for your account will that ma
by dexterdog 11y ago
Well Facebook brings in about $50/year per user in revenue. If the alternative is to pay $50/year to keep the ads and tracking off for your account will that many people really pay that? They would have to charge more than that as well because once they let people opt out the rest of the data loses value for not being complete.
- fwn 11y agoSince the group of users that would consider paying a yearly fee is also the most valuable group to advertisers, the devaluation might end up being very drastical.
- dexterdog 11y agoSo then they have to have tiered pricing so that the occasional user pays very little (or nothing) and the people who want to have Farmville and pokes and all of the other nonsense that lets you live your life on FB will pay something more substantial.
- unclebucknasty 11y ago>If the alternative is to pay $50/year to keep the ads and tracking off for your account will that many people really pay that? But, of course, that doesn't mean they want ads. The reality is that they want neither. Your comment points to exactly the fallacy I referenced: this idea they peddle to advertisers that people want relevant ads. No, they will stomach ads if they must, because it's the lesser of evils.